“ISRO’s Aditya L1 spacecraft is India’s first dedicated heliophysics observatory and is on a mission to monitor solar activity as well as unravel the secrets of our host star.”
“The spacecraft is on its journey to the first Lagrange point in the Sun-Earth system, a location that allows it to monitor the Sun without interruptions. The spacecraft is expected to reach its target regime in the second week of January.”
“ISRO’s Aditya L1 Spacecraft in on a mission to improve the scientific understanding of the Sun. There are seven instruments on board that allows scientists to observe the Sun from a distance as well as measure the high energy particles streaming out of the Sun as they pass the spacecraft.”
“The instruments have been selected to allow scientists to continuously monitor the Sun and prepare for severe space weather, as any solar scientists to continuously monitor the Sun and prepare for severe space weather, as any solar storms will cross the spacecraft before reaching the Earth.”
“The instruments will also provide scientists with valuable insights on dynamic solar processes, which are not well understood despite the Sun being our host star.”
“One of the enduring mysteries of the Sun is the injection of heat from the chromosphere, or the surface of the Sun, through the photosphere or middle atmosphere, into the corona or the outer atmosphere.”
“The outer atmosphere of the Sun is much hotter than the surface, which is a phenomenon comparable to a campfire going hotter as you walk away from it.”
“Recent research indicates that the answer to the mystery lies in the fine structure of the chromosphere. Aditya L1 has the capabilities of investigating each layer of the solar atmosphere.”
